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Sunday, December 16, 2012

He was so happy with how his costume turned out. My husband found the original idea here. I actually liked their more anatomically correct
wing better, but I couldn't imagine my son being able to carry the 10+
pounds (about4.5 kg) of candy he would get that night with the wings
sticking out past his hands. He made my day when he first looked over
the costume and noticed the lines of stitching on the ears. He looked at
me and said, "Nice detail mom. Good job." Such a sweetheart...

If you decide to follow the first tutorial above, measure the length of
your child's arm first and shorten the umbrella appropriately. I didn't
and just went ahead and used the full length of the spines of the
umbrella. Even thought it was a small folding umbrella it was still much too
big for my eight year-old's arms. I had to shorten the spines
considerably. After cutting the spines and serging the raw edges of the
umbrella fabric (it really started to fray,) it worked perfectly, and he
had a ton of fun flying through the neighborhood on Halloween night.

Yes, we weighed the candy and he had every bit of ten pounds, as did his sister. Friends of ours, who have five children at home, came home with a total of 58 pounds (about 26 kg.) It wouldn't surprise me at all if they were still getting Halloween treats in their lunch boxes!

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